The Sailors volleyball, tennis, soccer and girls cross-country teams all qualified as Colorado High School Activities Association academic team champions. Players on each of those teams received certificates.

To receive the honor, the teams had to have a combined grade point average of a 3.2 or better on an unweighted 4.0 scale.

Team grade point averages were based solely on last year's second semester scores.

Thirty-five Steamboat Springs students also qualified as Academic All-State, including 26 students who made the first team and nine who made honorable mention. Those who made all-state also received certificates.

Students who maintained cumulative grade point averages of 3.6 or higher as of last year's second semester qualified for the first team. Qualifying honorable-mention students maintained between a 3.3 and a 3.59 cumulative grade point average.

Steve Moos, high school athletics director, said the students' academic awards reflected their outstanding efforts in the classroom. The awards also reflected the support and guidance shown by their coaches, Moos said.

Kate Parke, athletics secretary, said the student-athletes were well-deserving recipients.

"To see some of these athletes through the years maintain that high GPA, and also participate in not only one sport but a sport each season, it's really gratifying to see them excel in a sport as well as academically," Parke said.